Dudley Julius Medley

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• Departure: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Occupation: Professor of History, University of Glasgow
• Baptism: 10 May 1861, St James, Dorset
• Residence: 1901, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire; Age in 1911: 50; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
• Arrival: 15 Aug 1929, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Arrival: 10 Sep 1929, Southampton, Hampshire
• Probate Date: 12 Nov 1953, London

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2nd son of Leiutenant General Julius George Medley (1829-1884) (Royal Engineers), by Adelaide (1841-1923), daughter of Colonel James Steele, C.B. Baptised at a church in the parish of Paddington 10 May 1861. Educated at Wellington College 1875-80; matric at Oxford (Keble College) October 1880; 1st Class Modern History and BA 1883; MA 1887; Hon. LL.D Glasgow University 1931. Cremated at Oxford.

At Wellington was Head of School and Queen's Medallist. History lecturer and tutor of Keble College, Oxford, 1884-99. Professor of History at Glasgow 1899-1931. Sometime Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Glasgow University, a Member of Glasgow School Board, an examiner for the Scottish Education Department, for the Oxford and Cambridge University Examination Board, and for the Civil Service Commissioners. Sometime Honours History Examiner for Oxford, Cambridge, Belfast, Birmingham and Sheffield Universities, now (1932) for Glasgow, Sheffield, and Durham. Member representing Glasgow University in Glasgow Territorial Army and Air Force Association 1908-31. Chairman of the Military Education Committee (Officers' Training Corps) 1909-31. Chairman of Central Organisation Military Education Committee (Senior Divisional O.T.C.) 1923- 31. In the Great War one of the Young Men's Christian Association's lecturers to the Army in France, and (1918-19) sub Director at Trouville, later at Havre, under the Army Scheme of Education: awarded British War medal. Author of A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History published 1894 (6th edition 1925) and other works (see Who's Who 1930). He and his wife lived at Oxford 1890-1900: at Glasgow 1900-31 (45 Lilybank Gardens from 1919). Vacation houses: The Manor House, Mears Ashby, Northants 1908-15; and successively 1915-28 at Bradfield, Greenham, and Highclere, all in Berks, and, from 1928-34, at Hill House, Heckfield, Hants, to which he retired on resigning his Professorship. Thereafter, lived at Ashby, Tydesham, Newbury, until his death.

Two portraits, both by James Gunn, R.A., the one at Glasgow University, the other now in the possession of his grandson George Medley.

Birth:
13 Eastbourne Terrace

Died:
Age at Death: 92

Family/Spouse: Isabel Alice Gibbs. Isabel (daughter of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs and Isabel Marianne Bright) was born on 27 Dec 1862 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 17 Apr 1942 in Newbury, Berkshire; was buried in Speen, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir John Dudley Gibbs Medley was born on 19 Apr 1891 in 2 Keble Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 26 Sep 1962 in Harkaway, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2. Isabel Sybil Charlotte Medley was born on 26 Jun 1892 in Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 25 Jul 1967 in Hungerford, Berkshire.
3. Brigadier Edgar Julius Medley, DSO, OBE, MC was born on 16 Dec 1893 in Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 21 Jun 1972 in Shaftesbury, Dorset.
4. Bertram Antony Medley was born on 23 Feb 1895 in Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 25 Sep 1915 in Givenchy, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
5. Mary Blanche Medley was born on 13 Nov 1896 in Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 16 Oct 1925 in Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland.
6. Rosalind Evelyn Medley was born in 1899 in Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 26 Feb 1916 in Queen Anne's School, Caversham, Berkshire.
7. Captain Ralph Cyril Medley, DSO, OBE was born on 2 Oct 1906 in Burton Seagrave, Northamptonshire; died in 1999 in Chilton House Nursing Home.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Christening: 23 Jul 1831, Iver, Buckingham

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Died:
on board P&O Steamer Ravenna

Julius married Adelaide Charlotte Steel on 9 Sep 1858 in Simla, Bengal, India. Adelaide was born in Feb 1841 in Norwood, Surrey; died on 10 Jul 1923 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Christening: 5 Jun 1841, Saint John The Baptist, Croydon, Surrey

William married Elizabeth Mary Needham on 28 Feb 1818 in Hackney St John, Middlesex. Elizabeth was born in 1797 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Mary Franklin on 26 Aug 1765 in Clapham, Greater London. Mary was born in 1748 in Newington, Kent; died on 7 Aug 1821 in Westminster, London; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]